Comments on: Predictions . . . http://www.theuneditedlife.com/2008/11/04/election-predictions/ Adventuring outside the box Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:07:40 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: LeftCoastCurmudgeon http://www.theuneditedlife.com/2008/11/04/election-predictions/comment-page-1/#comment-5054 LeftCoastCurmudgeon Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:49:43 +0000 http://www.theuneditedlife.com/2008/11/04/election-predictions/#comment-5054 I 'spect your predictions are spot on, with the possible exception of #14. I really think there will be incursions against the various avenues for the right to dissenting expression. They will passed by the legislature with the encouragement (and ultimately thhe signature) of the administration. There have been too many indications of that inclination to not think it is really in their mindset. I ’spect your predictions are spot on, with the possible exception of #14. I really think there will be incursions against the various avenues for the right to dissenting expression. They will passed by the legislature with the encouragement (and ultimately thhe signature) of the administration. There have been too many indications of that inclination to not think it is really in their mindset.

]]> By: Kelly http://www.theuneditedlife.com/2008/11/04/election-predictions/comment-page-1/#comment-4870 Kelly Wed, 05 Nov 2008 14:38:50 +0000 http://www.theuneditedlife.com/2008/11/04/election-predictions/#comment-4870 Only four years...? The sun might have risen this morning, but you'd nver believe it here! Oh well. Rain is good too. Only four years…?

The sun might have risen this morning, but you’d nver believe it here! Oh well. Rain is good too.

]]> By: ~Me http://www.theuneditedlife.com/2008/11/04/election-predictions/comment-page-1/#comment-4869 ~Me Wed, 05 Nov 2008 14:04:50 +0000 http://www.theuneditedlife.com/2008/11/04/election-predictions/#comment-4869 Mike, I'll have to share the lizard story with Ben. I had to drag him kicking and screaming to the polls. Partially because at this point he won't let me out of the house by myself in fear that I'll go into labor. Part of me, however, agrees with Angel because I want to set a good example to Allison. I figure she has heard us complaining enough about Obama that she should at least see us trying to go out and do something about it while we still have the right and priviledge to do so. As we were driving to the polls, I complained to Ben that he was so complacent about the whole thing. I cited the fact that he is in the military, so it seems as though he is willing partially to put his life on the line so that we can keep the right to vote - so he should at least exercise this right. He reminded me that he could care less about the activity of voting, but he is willing to put his life on the line to continue to protect the lives of myself and our kids...interesting how different people view different situations. On a positive note, we at least had Bob Barr on the ballot down here, so we could throw our vote away on principle of so desired :) I liked your post. Thanks for taking the time to blog again...I'm always so excited when you do! Here's to surviving 4 years with the wrong lizard... Mike, I’ll have to share the lizard story with Ben. I had to drag him kicking and screaming to the polls. Partially because at this point he won’t let me out of the house by myself in fear that I’ll go into labor. Part of me, however, agrees with Angel because I want to set a good example to Allison. I figure she has heard us complaining enough about Obama that she should at least see us trying to go out and do something about it while we still have the right and priviledge to do so. As we were driving to the polls, I complained to Ben that he was so complacent about the whole thing. I cited the fact that he is in the military, so it seems as though he is willing partially to put his life on the line so that we can keep the right to vote – so he should at least exercise this right. He reminded me that he could care less about the activity of voting, but he is willing to put his life on the line to continue to protect the lives of myself and our kids…interesting how different people view different situations.

On a positive note, we at least had Bob Barr on the ballot down here, so we could throw our vote away on principle of so desired :)

I liked your post. Thanks for taking the time to blog again…I’m always so excited when you do!

Here’s to surviving 4 years with the wrong lizard…

]]> By: Copernicus http://www.theuneditedlife.com/2008/11/04/election-predictions/comment-page-1/#comment-4863 Copernicus Wed, 05 Nov 2008 05:04:05 +0000 http://www.theuneditedlife.com/2008/11/04/election-predictions/#comment-4863 Angel, I understand and sympathize with your sentiment regarding voting as a civic duty. I used to hold the same position. The reason I no longer do can be summed up by the following passage from Douglas Noel Adams' <em>So Long, and Thanks for all the Fish</em>. In this passage, the hero of the story, Arthur, has explained to him the political workings of a distant planet by his friend, Ford, who happens to be an alien from a small planet somewhere in the vicinity of Betelgeuse: ****************************** "On [that] world, the people are people. The leaders are lizards. The people hate the lizards and the lizards rule the people." "Odd,� said Arthur, "I thought you said it was a democracy?" "I did," said Ford, "It is." "So," said Arthur, hoping he wasn't sounding ridiculously obtuse, "why don't the people get rid of the lizards?" "It honestly doesn't occur to them," said Ford. "They've all got the vote, so they all pretty much assume that the government they've voted in more or less approximates to the government they want." "You mean they actually vote for the lizards?" "Oh yes," said Ford with a shrug, "of course." "But," said Arthur, going for the big one again, "why?" "Because if they didn't vote for a lizard," said Ford, "the wrong lizard might get in." ****************************** I, for one, am tired of voting for lizards. Angel,

I understand and sympathize with your sentiment regarding voting as a civic duty. I used to hold the same position. The reason I no longer do can be summed up by the following passage from Douglas Noel Adams’ So Long, and Thanks for all the Fish. In this passage, the hero of the story, Arthur, has explained to him the political workings of a distant planet by his friend, Ford, who happens to be an alien from a small planet somewhere in the vicinity of Betelgeuse:

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“On [that] world, the people are people. The leaders are lizards. The people hate the lizards and the lizards rule the people.”

“Odd,� said Arthur, “I thought you said it was a democracy?”

“I did,” said Ford, “It is.”

“So,” said Arthur, hoping he wasn’t sounding ridiculously obtuse, “why don’t the people get rid of the lizards?”

“It honestly doesn’t occur to them,” said Ford. “They’ve all got the vote, so they all pretty much assume that the government they’ve voted in more or less approximates to the government they want.”

“You mean they actually vote for the lizards?”

“Oh yes,” said Ford with a shrug, “of course.”

“But,” said Arthur, going for the big one again, “why?”

“Because if they didn’t vote for a lizard,” said Ford, “the wrong lizard might get in.”

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I, for one, am tired of voting for lizards.

]]> By: Angel http://www.theuneditedlife.com/2008/11/04/election-predictions/comment-page-1/#comment-4858 Angel Wed, 05 Nov 2008 00:44:10 +0000 http://www.theuneditedlife.com/2008/11/04/election-predictions/#comment-4858 Well said. I agree with you for the most part, though I would stop short of listing abstention as an option for anyone who is qualified and registered to vote. In spite of my usual political malaise, I would still say voting is a civic duty, and something we owe to our ancestors, our children and ourselves. But otherwise I think you're on the money. Some things that have provided me a great deal of amusement of late are the conspiracy theories surrounding Obama, e.g. that he is using hypnosis tactics during his speeches or that he isn't really a U.S. citizen. Thankfully, we still have trace vestiges of checks and balances remaining within our government which, if he wins the election, will hopefully keep him from deeding the U.S. to Afghanistan or inviting North Korea to use Texas as target practice. :) Well said. I agree with you for the most part, though I would stop short of listing abstention as an option for anyone who is qualified and registered to vote. In spite of my usual political malaise, I would still say voting is a civic duty, and something we owe to our ancestors, our children and ourselves. But otherwise I think you’re on the money.

Some things that have provided me a great deal of amusement of late are the conspiracy theories surrounding Obama, e.g. that he is using hypnosis tactics during his speeches or that he isn’t really a U.S. citizen. Thankfully, we still have trace vestiges of checks and balances remaining within our government which, if he wins the election, will hopefully keep him from deeding the U.S. to Afghanistan or inviting North Korea to use Texas as target practice. :)

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